Northern Azure User Group Online - February 2022 Meetup

Its February already and time for our first NAUG meetup of 2022!

This month we welcome Andy Kennedy from Microsoft for a look into the world of confidential computing!

We'll be hosting this event virtually and returning to the Hybrid format for March

Agenda:
17:45 – 18:15 - Meet,greet and a word from our sponsors
18:15 – 19:00 - Andy Kennedy
19:00 – 19:30 - Open Q&A and (in)famous Azure Quiz

Session 1 - The role of confidential computing in a zero-trust architecture

Session Detail: As organisations seek to adopt principles of zero-trust as part of a broader security strategy, the application of confidential computing to protect data in-use, in conjunction with established techniques to protect data in transit and at rest, extends the scope and business benefits of cloud computing to even the most sensitive workloads and data.

In this talk we will explore the characteristics of the technology that comprises confidential computing and how these seek to address the demands of complex compliance requirements, whilst protecting against sophisticated adversaries and attacks that we observe and experience in our industry today

A bit about Andy

As a security specialist within Microsoft, Andy Kennedy works directly with end clients supporting their secure infrastructure and application modernisation journey to the cloud and adoption of zero-trust principles. Based in the UK, his background and interests centre around cloud security, data anonymisation/management solutions for big data and machine learning use cases and confidential computing.

Joining Microsoft in 2021, Andy has more than 26 years of industry experience. Prior to Microsoft, Andy was a Principal Architect at Google Cloud and has held EMEA-level management roles at VMware and Zscaler along with technical roles at Juniper Networks and Goldman Sachs.